Scyphocrinus
Extinct genus of crinoids
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Scyphocrinus, is an extinct genus of crinoids. Species belonging to this genus lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods (from 443.4 to 358.9 Ma).[1][2]
| Scyphocrinus | |
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| Scyphocrinus elegans from Morocco. Lower Devonian (410 Ma) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | †Monobathrida |
| Genus: | †Scyphocrinus Zenker |
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The crinoid genus Camarocrinus have been considered by some authors the bulbous distal end of the stem of Scyphocrinus, having the function of a root and fixing the crinoid to the sea button.[3]
Species
- Scyphocrinus elegans Zenker, 1833
See also
- List of prehistoric echinoderms
- Paleobiology Database Archived 2022-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Sepkoski, Jack phylum Echinodermata
- Stephen K. Donovan and David N. Lewis The mid-Palaeozoic camerate crinoid Scyphocrinites Zenker in southwest England
